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From: Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: counting_semaphore question
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:34:23 -0700
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On 09/12/24 4:00 AM, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
> 
> Clang seems to ignore it. You can call release() as much as you like and
> it'll just keep increasing the counter.
> 

It "ignores" it exactly the same way as the following declaration

   std::uint_fast8_t n = 2;

might "ignore" the 8 in the type name and allow you to increment the 
variable well past 255. Come to think of it, the underlying reasons for 
why it can be so are very similar.

It is perfectly explained in the spec. And it's been thoroughly 
explained here. What's the difficulty?

-- 
Best regards,
Andrey